CVE-2020-1764

HIGH
8.6
CVSS Score
Published: March 26, 2020 at 11:16 AM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 03:02 AM UTC
2 products affected across 2 vendorsOpenShift Service Mesh[Kiali]

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Severity
HIGH8.6
Exploit prediction
EPSS 3%

Description

A hard-coded cryptographic key vulnerability in the default configuration file was found in Kiali, all versions prior to 1.15.1. A remote attacker could abuse this flaw by creating their own JWT signed tokens and bypass Kiali authentication mechanisms, possibly gaining privileges to view and alter the Istio configuration.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

v < 1.15.1
Affected range stops below 1.15.1, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

References (2)

x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue TrackingMitigationThird Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2020-1764
x_refsource_MISCExploitMitigationVendor Advisory
https://kiali.io/news/security-bulletins/kiali-security-001/

CVSS

8.6HIGHredhat
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
LOW
Integrity
LOW
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-321CWE-798

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